WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Feb. 9 [Category: BizConsumer Services] -- CVS Health posted the following news release: * * * Aetna Medicaid and NACHC team up to improve outcomes in hypertension management * HARTFORD, CT, Feb. 9, 2026 - Aetna Medicaid, a CVS Health(r) company (NYSE: CVS ), and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) today announced a new collaboration to improve blood pressure control rates in selected Aetna Medicaid member communities. According to the Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * AFPI Pennsylvania Calls on PA Auditor General DeFoor to Release Findings from Voter Registration Audit Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania State Chapter of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) this week sent a letter calling on Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor to publicly release the results of an audit of the state's automatic voter registration system and its integration with the  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 10 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Ahead of Cheyenne City Council Meeting, Public Interest Law Firm Voices Opposition to Invasive Administrative Warrant Ordinance IJ is a public interest law firm. We represent clients free of charge in cutting-edge litigation defending vital constitutional rights. You can join us by supporting our work here: ij.org/support * Today, the Cheyenne City Council will vote on an ordin  more

COLLEGEVILLE, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Ursinus College issued the following news: * * * Alumna Gives Back to Ursinus Women's Athletics with $100,000 Gift * Three Ursinus women's athletics programs are receiving a significant financial boost, thanks to a generous gift from alumna Carolyn Estes Williams '77. Estes Williams has gifted the college $100,000, with $50,000 designated for the women's field hockey program and equal $25,000 gifts benefiting both the women's tennis and women's basketb  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, posted the following news release: * * * ASTM International Awards Grants to University Students for 2025 Standards Projects ASTM International announced five $500 grants for university students to help with senior or graduate d  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb. 9 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Launches One Pill Can Kill Initiative at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia * Griffin: 'As a native of Magnolia, I am especially pleased to have SAU join our effort to educate college students about the dangers of illicit opioids'  MAGNOLIA - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after launching the One Pill Can Kill initiativ  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Feb. 9 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * NBA star shares experience as a person who stutters Michael Kidd-Gilchrist visits Decker College, addresses future speech-language pathologists By Natalie Blando-George Michael Kidd-Gilchrist played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association and was the second pick in the 2012 NBA draft. Michael Jordan -- yeah, that one -- then the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, selected him. His caree  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Biological insights of the future come from cryoEM today * Researchers are gaining fundamental knowledge about our bodies and the basic mechanisms of life using technologies that provide an up-close look at flash-frozen samples. In the Institute of Structural Biology at Penn Medicine, scientists have made breathtaking discoveries in recent years using cryogenic   more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology posted the following news: * * * Board approves VP of college relations hire; hears presentations on athletics, student success and student advocacy * During the Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors meeting on Feb. 5, President Michael J. Reed recommended and received approval from the Board for the hiring of Kyle A. Smith as Penn College's vice president for college relations. Reed commended Kyle f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Bresnahan Honored by Federal Union Workers as Outstanding New Member of Congress * WASHINGTON, DC: Yesterday, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) was awarded "Outstanding New Member of Congress" by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). Rep. Bresnahan accepted the award and gave remarks at the opening session of AFGE's 2026 Legislative Conference. "I came to Congre  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu, delivered to Earth in 2023 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. How those amino acids -the molecules that create proteins and peptides in DNA -formed in s  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * Carnegie Mellon Researchers Rethink Chronic Pain * Nearly one in four adults in the U.S. lives with chronic pain (opens in new window). Opioids like morphine help by reducing the brain's perception of pain, but they come with risks and side effects researchers still don't fully understand. Across neuroscience, biomedical engineering and artificial intelligence, esearchers from Carnegie Mellon Un  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia posted the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Colombian leader of international drug money laundering organization convicted Valentina Forero Alvarez has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Forero Alvarez led a sophisticated transnational criminal organization responsible for laundering more than $31 million in illegal narcotics proceeds through the United States f  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology posted the following news: * * * Community partners to produce 'Anastasia' at CAC * Following the outstanding success of last summer's "Sister Act: The Musical," A Community Encore Production announces its production of "Anastasia," running July 17-19, 2026, at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center. A Community Encore Production is a partnership between the Community Theatre League, Journey Bank Community Arts Ce  more

WILMERDING, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 [Category: BizTransportation] -- Wabtec, a provider of technology-based products and services for rail and industrial markets, issued the following news release: * * * CSX Announces $670M Locomotive Fleet Upgrade with Wabtec * JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - February 9, 2026 - CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) today announced that it has signed a $670 million deal with Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) to upgrade its fleet with 100 new Evolution Series locomotives, 50 modernized locomotiv  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (TNSjou) -- The City University of New York Graduate Center issued the following news: * * * A Light-Powered "Enzyme Circuit" Could Point to New Clean-Energy Chemistry Professor Michele Vittadello worked with researchers to link two key proteins - one that captures light and one that uses oxygen - on a carbon-based material, creating a simple model for future light-driven technologies. Scientists have built a tiny, light-powered system that mimics one of nature's most impor  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania posted the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Department of Defense Employee Indicted for Moonlighting as a Money Mule and Laundering Millions of Dollars for Overseas Scammers United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Samuel D. Marcus, 33, of Oreland, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, si  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Fetterman Criticizes Proposed Pennsylvania ICE Warehouses in Letter to DHS Secretary Noem BRADDOCK, PA - Following reports of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) intention to convert two recently purchased warehouse facilities into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) expressed his concerns today in a letter to DHS Secretar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2026: * * * Fetterman, Colleagues Urge Extension of Library Passport Acceptance Program In response to the Trump administration banning local libraries as passport acceptance facilities, U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) led his colleagues in a bipartisan and bicameral letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging the secretary to extend the existing program while Congress works to enac  more

DALLAS, Pennsylvania, Feb. 10 -- Misericordia University issued the following news: * * * Fidelity Bank Supports Misericordia University Speech-Language Pathology Clinic Through Pennsylvania EITC Program Misericordia University recently received a generous $10,000 contribution from Fidelity Bank through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program, helping to support the University's Speech-Language Pathology Clinic and its services for children in kindergarten through t  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Freeze, image, cure * Nicholas Palmer was investigating a biological mystery: How does actin, a common protein that plays a role in the spread of cancer in the body, lengthen and shorten during cellular movement? Individual proteins are too small to see with most microscopes, and other techniques had provided inconsistent clues to the precise mechanism. So P  more

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 7 -- Genentech, a member of Roche Group, issued the following news release: * * * Genentech's Fenebrutinib Is the First Investigational Medicine in Over a Decade That Reduces Disability Progression in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS) Late-breaking Phase III FENtrepid results presented at ACTRIMS show investigational fenebrutinib met its primary endpoint of non-inferiority compared to the current standard of care, Ocrevus, in reducing disabili  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Feb. 10 [Category: BizFood/Beverage] -- General Mills, a food company, posted the following news release: * * * How Totino's Got Its Start From a neighborhood pizzeria to a billion-dollar brand. Long before frozen pizza was a freezer-aisle staple, Totino's was born in a real kitchen, fueled by real passion and an unwavering belief that great food should bring people together. That belief started with Rose Totino. In 1942, Rose tasted pizza for the first time while v  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Vindman Launches Congressional Lowering Utility Bills Caucus * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Representatives Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) and Josh Riley (N.Y.-19) were joined by 14 lawmakers in launching the Congressional Lowering Utility Bills Caucus to find legislative solutions to the ongoing energy affordability crisis in Virginia and around the country. "Families across Virginia and the country   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Institute of Energy and the Environment awards eight Penn State researchers * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -The Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) has recognized eight Penn State researchers for outstanding contributions to energy and environmental research, scholarship and mentorship. Selected through nominations from across the Penn State community, the awardees are honored for their   more

SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Susquehanna University posted the following news: * * * Love and the brain: A Q&A with Erin Alexander, Professor of Biology * Erin Alexander, professor of biology, is here to answer all your questions about the brain's connection to love, how it rewires after heartbreak and how triggering fresh waves of dopamine keep love's reward system firing. SU: What happens in the brain when someone feels an initial spark of attraction? EA: In the early stages of  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Marywood University posted the following news: * * * MAxIS MT Symposium Explores the Power of Music Therapy * Marywood University welcomed students, faculty, and music therapy professionals to campus for the Music Activities x Instrument Self-Care Music Therapy Symposium a day-long event focused on innovation, collaboration, and professional growth in the field of music therapy. The symposium opened with registration and informal coffee conversations, allo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Lt. Carlton Hutchins * Navy Lt. Carlton Barmore Hutchins was a skilled aviator who did his best to save his crew during one of the worst naval air disasters before World War II. He kept his damaged plane in the air long enough for a few crewmates to parachute out. Hutchins went down with his aircraft, but his bravery and selflessness earned him the Medal of Honor. Hutchins was born  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Feb. 10 -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * NJIT Engineering Researchers Study Effect of State Gun Removal Law Written by: Evan Koblentz Following a long period of diminishing gun violence in New Jersey's urban areas, researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology are now applying engineering methods to the data, as they evaluate the effectiveness of red flags laws that can temporarily prevent dangerous people from possessing we  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General David W. Sunday issued the following news: * * * Office of Attorney General Secures Felony Conviction, $3M Asset Payment from Central Pa.-Based Company that Installed Hundreds of Illegal Video Gambling Machines * HARRISBURG -Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that a central Pennsylvania-based amusement company has pleaded guilty to a felony charge regarding installment and operation of hundreds of illegal video gambling de  more

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Feb. 10 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law issued the following news: * * * Professor Medha D. Makhlouf coauthors piece in Rhode Island Medical Journal Offers guidance on the practical aspects of providing care for patients who are in or at risk of ICE detention * Professor Medha D. Makhlouf coauthored an article in the latest issue of the Rhode Island Medical Journal. "When ICE Comes to Work: Defending Access to Healthcare" urges healt  more

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Feb. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law issued the following news: * * * Professors Shaakirrah R. Sanders and Stanley Brand quoted by Philadelphia Inquirer They commented on proposed legislation in Philadelphia banning officers from wearing masks * Penn State Dickinson Law professors were quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer story titled "Unmasking ICE in Philly could test the limits of local power over federal agents." The piece explored propos  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Feb. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg campus issued the following news: * * * Harrisburg accounting faculty member reflects on Fulbright experience Renee Flasher spent the summer in Portugal conducting research on global data privacy regulations * Renee Flasher, associate professor of accounting at Penn State Harrisburg, spent the summer in Portugal researching global data privacy regulations as a Fulbright Scholar, an experience she said had a lastin  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release: * * * Policy Committee emphasize fairness in cyber charter reform * Reps. Haddock and Pashinski examine cyber charter school reform NEWTON TWP., Feb. 9 - State lawmakers underscored the need for fairness, transparency and accountability in school funding. Officials emphasized that public education funding should be tied to outcomes and applied equitably across all school systems to ensur  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 7 (TNSxrep) -- Roche, a biotech company, issued the following news release: * * * Roche's fenebrutinib is the first investigational medicine in over a decade that reduces disability progression in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) * Late-breaking Phase III FENtrepid results presented at ACTRIMS show investigational fenebrutinib met its primary endpoint of non-inferiority compared to the current standard of care, OCREVUS, in reducing disability progression   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Seeing the mechanisms of disease with cryoEM * Whether it is a malaria parasite invading a cell, or the misfolding of proteins in the brain in Alzheimer's, understanding how a disease starts and gets going is essential to finding therapies and treatments. Researchers are using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryoEM) as their visual reconnaissance to see where t  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology posted the following news: * * * Spotlight on Sports: Trimber named conference Wrestler of the Week * Last week in review: Another double-win week moved the women's basketball team to within one victory of tying the program's season win record of 19, set during the 2005-06 campaign. The 18-win mark has only been achieved twice in program history -2004-05 and 2007-08, both before the college entered its NCAA era in 2  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Teamsters at Belgioioso Cheese Ratify Contract * Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) - Teamsters at the BelGioioso Cheese facility in Campbell, New York, represented by Teamsters Local 118, have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract that secures higher wages and strengthens job protections. The ag  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * THON 2026: How Penn Staters can participate, engage and support * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -With THON 2026 just weeks away -Feb. 20-22 -Penn Staters everywhere are invited to be part of one of the University's most inspiring traditions. From near and far, alumni, friends, students, and faculty and staff can engage with the world's largest student-run philanthropy by tuning in, giving online, j  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Evaluating machine learning approaches to identify and predict oil and gas produced water lithium concentrations Recently, the demand for battery-grade lithium has substantially increased, largely due to electrification of the transportation sector. The search for new lithium sources has turned to produced waters (frequently brines), a large-volume wastewater by-produ  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Utah Health issued the following news release: * * * New Study Reveals Gaps in Smartwatch's Ability to Detect Undiagnosed High Blood Pressure In September 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the Apple Watch Hypertension Notifications Feature, a cuffless tool that uses the watch's optical sensors to detect blood flow patterns and alert users when their data suggest possible hypertension. While the feature is not intend  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Volunteers sought for 20th annual Penn State Traditional American Indian Powwow * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Organizers of the 20th annual Penn State Traditional American Indian Powwow are seeking volunteers to support the free public event, scheduled March 28-29 at C3 Sports Arena in State College. The Powwow Committee is looking for volunteers to assist in areas such as set up and tear down  more

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Feb. 10 -- Wittenberg University issued the following news release: * * * Wittenberg Series Continues Monday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. William A. Kinnison Endowed Lecture in History to feature Benjamin H. Irvin, Ph.D., social and cultural historian of early America and the United States, who will discuss disabled veterans and pension assistance after the Revolutionary War * Benjamin H. Irvin, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Indiana University and historian of the American  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 9 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Zooming into drug discovery with cryo-microscopic science * At some level, getting the flu is a bit like being invaded by tiny aliens. Once the influenza virus infiltrates your cells, it rapidly replicates its genomic RNA and transcribes it into messenger RNA (mRNA), which provides the recipe to build viral proteins that are assembled into new viruses. Newer m  more